The Spiritual Meetings, which are organized in this cycle of
God and this divine century, have never had their simile or likeness in bygone
cycles. For the great meetings (organizations) were under the protection of
aristocratic men, while these meetings (or organizations) are under the
protection of the bounty of El-Abha. The helper or supporter of those
(organizations) was either a prince or a king; either a priest was the
principal, or a great republic (the cause); but the Helper, the Assistant, the
Confirmer and the Inspirer of these spiritual meetings (or organizations) is
His Majesty the Everlasting God.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol.
1’)
